Rescued From The Dangerous Gulf
Three fisherman from Louisiana were lost in the dangerous waters of the Gulf of Mexico for more than twenty-four hours before being rescued by the United States Coast Guard. Strong storms had forced their boat to capsize, which left them unable to swim for safety. They did everything to avoid being bitten by sharks, including poking them in the eye and creating a raft out of ice chests, but nothing worked.
Rescued From The Dangerous Gulf
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Phong Le and Luan Nguyen, two of the three fishermen, were interviewed for a program that was shown on NBC’s “Today” on Wednesday. In the episode, they discussed how dreadful it was for them to spend many hours in the water the last weekend. Due to illness, the third fisherman was unable to participate in the show that took place on Wednesday. The lads described how they had to stay away from sharks and enormous jellyfish while showing how they were rescued by a phone that had just 5% battery power but allowed them to send a text that brought rescuers to them. Ultimately, the rescuers were able to locate them with the help of a dying phone. The guys were rescued from the choppy waters on Sunday evening, around 25 miles off Empire, after what the Coast Guard referred to as a “long-shot search” that spanned an area of the Gulf that was equivalent in size to Rhode Island. The guys got so dehydrated, were utterly fatigued, and were starting to get cold. Two of the men had bite marks on their hands, indicating that they had been bitten by sharks. Andrew Stone, a sailor who was on the Coast Guard boat crew that rescued the two guys when they grew weary, said that when they got there, two of the men were being circled by four blacktip sharks that were between 4 and 6 feet long.
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